Recent content by Spareoom

I'm going to the Rosemont/Chicago show tonight; I couldn't see on the ticket; anyone know what time the doors open for general admission? Or what has been the case at other stops/venues?

I also vote for the idea that they had something lined but are now trying to see if they can move to a bigger arena/market to capitalize on the newfound Olympics hype. It makes sense to me!

True; that makes sense then; I didn't think of that. I still think it could be doable, though. I'd even vote for running the TE over two days instead of three; but then you have the same issue with people competing back to back...I dunno; I don't think the ice dancers got much rest at these...

How do they make money at the Olympics but wouldn't at Worlds? I guess Olympic tickets are more likely to sell out than Worlds, but I can't imagine that a 3-day TE event at say, Boston Worlds, wouldn't have sold very well. I could be wrong, and maybe ISU events are always in the red no matter...

I've thought about it and if there's no way to change the format or schedule for the Olympics, then the next best thing would be to run the TE more often, perhaps in the pre-Olympics Worlds, to give federations and athletes more experience with strategy and pacing so when you get to the...

I've been wondering why USFS hasn't come to the Chicago-area more often (I'm guessing $$$); I wonder if Milwaukee could be a good compromise...it's close enough that you could absolutely see people driving up for a day or two. I drove to STL from the Chicago suburbs and I know I wasn't the only...

I've been ruminating over this the last few days and honestly, I think he was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. The hype over him, not just winning but DOMINATING and doing jumps and routines never seen before, was out of control. If he'd played it safe and won handily, I think the...

This was my first skating competition in many years and first domestic event (I'd say first event ever, but I did attend a 4CC's in Taipei years ago); I have to say, skating fans are so nice! Everyone was so polite and easy to navigate with/around in the arena, at the hotel and walking in the...

I walked in with full, unopened water bottles (disposable) on both Thursday and Friday. Thursday, there were no water bottles sitting around the table/x-ray machine so they clearly weren't confiscating; on Friday night it looked like they were nabbing what they saw but were not looking too...

Can't handle Italy finishing on beam...oh gosh. And beam has been so unkind today.

Yes and yes...Chuso qualified with two spots to spare (well technically 3 since Japan's host spot is going to go back into the AA pool next year now that Japan has qualified a full team); and the world breathes a collective sigh of relief! And Eaker would have qualified into the final in 4th...

That’s a tiny bit of an urban legend because mathematically, they could have counted her first vault (with a fall) and still won, but obviously they did not know that at the time as the competition was still going on. It’s one of those, technically no, realistically/emotionally, yes. #gymnerd I...

I work for a chiropractor and it's amazing how uneducated people are in terms of understanding how "simple" accidents can affect your body. People walk around with torn ligaments and other injuries and they have no idea because they didn't think their fender-bender or slip-and-fall was serious...

It’s always been this way to some extent, but especially in more recent years. In WAG, vault is the go-to event where lesser known countries and gymnasts can distinguish themselves and actually compete with the big federations, because it’s a single skill event and in a sense is “easier” to...

THIS. I'm thinking back to last year, which was the first WC in years that Simone was not present at AND Regan Smith being injured in warmups. There were a lot of nerves and errors, including one from Mai which took her out of the medals. There's no saying what would have happened tonight if...